After a bad experience on last year’s season of Married At First Sight, Elizabeth Sobinoff, 28, returned for a second chance at love this week.
And while her return has attracted criticism from many of her former co-stars, one person who has thrown her support behind Elizabeth’s return is Martha Kalifatidis.
The 31-year-old became the first of Elizabeth’s former castmates to wish her well this week, saying that she hopes her new marriage to Seb Guilhaus goes well.
Support: Martha Kalifatidis (pictured) is the first of Elizabeth Sobinoff’s former Married At First Sight castmates to support the star’s return to the show
Martha made the comments during her MAFS recap series Martha’s Wine Moment, saying that she hopes Lizzie will finally find happiness.
‘I really want Lizzie and Seb to be happy. Like he’s cute, really cute,’ she exclaimed.
She also praised Elizabeth for how amazing makeover and confident new attitude.
‘Lizzie is so confident this year, she is like a new person,’ she added.
A second chance: Unlucky-in-love Elizabeth (pictured) returned to Married At First Sight this week after a disastrous ‘marriage’ to Sam Ball last year
‘The glow up, coming back in confident, like yes b**ch, you show them… own this dinner party.’
While fans have thrown their support behind Elizabeth, many of her former co-stars haven’t been impressed, publicly slamming her for returning to the series.
Heidi Latcham expressed disbelief that anyone with genuine intentions would do MAFS twice while interviewing Josh Pihlak on her Sea FM breakfast show on Tuesday.
‘Like he’s cute, really cute’: Martha expressed her approval over Elizabeth’s (pictured right) new ‘groom’ Seb Guilhaus (pictured left) as she watched footage of them attending their first dinner party on Wednesday
‘No! As if! You can’t do it again,’ said Heidi who was unsuccessfully paired with Mike Gunner on last year’s experiment.
‘If you’d gone through it [before], you’d be like, “Oh no,”‘ she continued after Josh had praised Elizabeth for putting herself out there.
Sam Ball, Elizabeth’s ex-husband from last year’s season, took a subtle swipe at her via Instagram on Saturday, just two days before her comeback episode aired.
‘As if!’ Former Married At First Sight star Heidi Latcham (pictured) has expressed disbelief that anyone with genuine intentions would appear on the show twice
He said: ‘Good on her if that’s what she wants to do to find love. Everyone that’s been in the experiment [before] knows how set up [it is], and what goes on behind the scenes. I wouldn’t do it again.’
Sam had infamously fat shamed Elizabeth on their wedding day by saying he ‘didn’t usually date girls her size’, before cheating on her with another bride, Ines Basic.
Just hours before Elizabeth’s wedding aired on Monday night, Cyrell Paule also criticised her former friend in an interview with WHO magazine.
Throwing shade: It comes after Sam Ball, Elizabeth’s ex-husband from last year’s season, took a subtle swipe at her via Instagram on Saturday, just two days before her big return
‘The intruders come in soon. I hope that they make it interesting, but I’m very doubtful. I have seen who is coming up and they don’t look that exciting,’ she said, clearly taking a swipe at Elizabeth.
Cyrell and Elizabeth had a very public falling out last year over a $3,000 nightclub appearance deal in Darwin.
Torn apart: Just hours before Elizabeth’s wedding aired on Monday night, Cyrell Paule (right) also criticised her former friend in an interview with WHO magazine
‘She wasn’t happy with me getting all the club appearance gigs and that’s why the jealousy started. It’s just really pathetic and immature,’ Cyrell said at the time.
Daily Mail Australia understands that Elizabeth ‘isolated herself’ from many of her co-stars after last year’s season aired.
It’s believed some participants ‘resented’ her for being so loyal to Channel Nine after they had been portrayed badly in the experiment.
Married At First Sight continues Sunday 7.00pm on Nine
Not in the gang: While many of Elizabeth’s former castmates including (pictured from left to right, Jules Robinson, Cameron Merchant and Heidi Latcham) have remained close Elizabeth is believed to have ‘isolated herself’ from them